CiTonga speakers in Malaŵi describe dominant use of the left hand as distasteful and offensive in face-to-face multimodal interactions, communicative exchanges involving both oral-auditory and visual-gestural actions. They observe a left hand taboo...

CiTonga speakers in Malawi describe dominant use of the left hand as distasteful and offensive in face-to-face multimodal interactions, communicative exchanges involving both oral-auditory and visual-gestural actions. They observe a left hand taboo...

This dissertation addresses the theorization of immigration policymaking from a perspective that encompasses all possible roles held in migration management. It discusses how simultaneous roles as a sending, receiving and transit country in the...

This study presents in-depth analyses of folktales from the oral tradition of French and Creole Louisiana. The region’s folklore is a unique tradition formed from the confluence of diverse elements following a number of significant population...

The goal of this qualitative study was to use archival data from a participatory action research (PAR) project to construct a local, culturally informed model of African American children and adolescents' stressors and reactions to stress...

Based on ethnographic field research conducted in the summer of 2014, this thesis explores how Bolivian migrants garner rights and recognition in São Paulo, Brazil. By performing a Bolivian ethnonational identity in São Paulo public space, migrants...